... depictions of a chronically lonely, tragic and devilish character known as a Byronic hero. In Charlotte's "Jane Eyre" the part of Byronic hero is played by Rochester and in "Wuthering Heights," Emily's literary work, Heathcliff is nearly the definition of the Byronic hero. At one point in "Jane Eyre," Blanche Ingram even references a song from one of Lord ... at home all come through in the Bronte's writings. The time period and the Byronic hero being a popular new character type to write about, "Jane Eyre" and "Wuthering Heights" are classics that have stood the test of time because of...

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